Psalms 107 · Verse 13

Psalms 107:13

Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
Psalms 107:13, King James Version

Psalms 107:13 in other translations

BSBThen they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
WEBThen they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
ASVThen they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saved them out of their distresses.
YLTAnd they cry unto Jehovah in their adversity, From their distresses He saveth them.
DARBYThen they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses;
BBEThen they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles.
WebsterThen they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

What does Psalms 107:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 107:10-16

10-16. Their sufferings were for their rebellion against (Psa 105:28) the words, or purposes, or promises, of God for their benefit. When humbled they cry to God, who delivers them from bondage, described as a dark dungeon with doors and bars of metal, in which they are bound in iron--that is, chains and fetters. shadow of death--darkness with danger (Psa 23:4).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble - This was the salutary effect which their afflictions produced: they began to cry to God for mercy and help; and God mercifully heard their prayer, and reversed their state; for,

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 107:10-16

This description of prisoners and captives intimates that they are desolate and sorrowful. In the eastern prisons the captives were and are treated with much severity. Afflicting providences must be improved as humbling providences; and we lose the benefit, if our hearts are unhumbled and unbroken under them. This is a shadow of the sinner's deliverance from a far worse confinement. The awakened sinner discovers his…

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Psalms 107:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּזְעֲק֣וּvai.yiz.'a.Kuand they cried outH2199
אֶל\־'el-toH413
יְ֭הוָהYah.wehYahwehH3068
בַּצַּ֣רba.Tzarwhen <the> it was distressH6862
לָהֶ֑םla.Hemto them
מִ֝מְּצֻֽקוֹתֵיהֶ֗םmi.me.tzu.ko.tei.Hemfrom troubles theirH4691
יוֹשִׁיעֵֽם\׃yo.shi.'Emhe saved themH3467

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 107:13

  • Psalms 107:28

    Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.

  • Psalms 107:6

    Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.

  • Judges 4:3

    And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

  • Judges 6:6-10

    And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord. And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord because of the Midianites, That the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land; …

  • Psalms 18:6

    In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

  • Exodus 3:7-8

    And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

  • Psalms 116:3-6

    The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:12-13

    And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God.

  • Psalms 107:19

    Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:18-19

    Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.

  • Judges 10:10-18

    And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim. And the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines? The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand. Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more. …

  • Jeremiah 31:18-20

    I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
6,19,28; 18:6; 116:3-6; Ex 3:7,8; Jud 4:3; 6:6-10; 10:10-18
2Ch 33:12,13,18,19; Jer 31:18-20

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Context

  • Psalms 107:12

    Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.

  • Psalms 107:13

    Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

  • Psalms 107:14

    He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

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Psalms 107:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Luego que clamaron á Jehová en su angustia, librólos de sus aflicciones.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Alors ils crièrent à l’ Éternel dans leur détresse, et il les délivra de leurs angoisses:
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da schrieen sie zu Jehova in ihrer Bedrängnis, und aus ihren Drangsalen rettete er sie.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Da nobis auxilium de tribulatione, quia vana salus hominis.